Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who went missing in an occupied part of her country last year, died in Russian detention last month, Ukrainian authorities said earlier this week.

Roshchyna had reportedly set out for occupied Ukraine in July, but her journey quickly took a perilous turn. After being interrogated at the border, she eventually ended up in Detention Centre No. 2 in Taganrog,

Information about the death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who previously worked for hromadske and was captured by the russians, has been

Viktoriia Roshchyna disappeared in August 2023 in a part of Ukraine now occupied by Russian forces. It took nine months for Russian authorities to confirmed the journalist had been detained. They gave no reason.

Ukrainian journalists are paying tribute to a colleague who died in Russian custody. Viktoria Roshchyna had been in Russian detention for over a year. Ukrainian officials say that the 27-year-old freelancer died on September 19.

An award-winning Ukrainian journalist held in Russian captivity for more than a year was confirmed dead, authorities announced this week. Victoria Roshchyna, 27, went missing in August 2023 after traveling to Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine for reporting.

Ukrainian officials on Thursday confirmed the death of freelance journalist Victoria Roshchyna, though the circumstances surrounding her death were unclear.